Catalogue Entry: ALCH00023

Notes on the preparation of 'philosophical mercury' by fermentation and 'y^e mediation of Diana's Doves', on the preparation of 'menstrua', etc.

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: Not yet dated, in English , c. 2,500 words, 6 pp. on 3 ff.

Source: Keynes Ms. 34, King's College, Cambridge, UK

[Normalized Text (at Chymistry of Isaac Newton)]

Custodial History

Bought at the Sotheby sale by Maggs Brothers for £14 and sold to Keynes on 13 August 1936 for the sale price plus 20%: see Spargo, '1936 sale', 127.

Sotheby Lot

SL48

Contents

Abstracted (with copious page references) from various works of 'Eirenæus Philalethes'.